Tupperware
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Tupperware
C20: Tupper , US manufacturing company + ware 1
Example Sentences
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Stanley replaced door-to-door peddling with a “party plan” model, later popularized by Tupperware, in which products were sold at social gatherings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
It arrives on your table like a relic from another life—hand-labeled Tupperware, chipped floral plates, backyard block parties—but somehow manages to feel both nostalgic and slightly scandalous.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
On nearby benches, one person in scrubs and another in a reflective vest and hard hat ate their Tupperware lunches, like some kind of Village People reboot waiting to happen.
From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025
Instead, he advises people to get a glass or Tupperware to contain it.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
They had set up a table on the corner of Grand and MacArthur and stacked it high with every Tupperware container they had between the four of them.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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